AuthorTopic: new forum: the 7summits.log! Let us know when you climbed them! (Read 28538 times)

Hello all,as you can see we just added this board where you can let us know about your summits!If you have any stories, pictures or tips to share, just let us know.Oh, and you can also link your summitday to the calendar if you like, a new feature of this board. Use the calendar button that will appear at the bottom of your post after posting, or you can post from the calendar using the link in the left menu.

For now we will only have one summitboard, but if many people add stories we will split them.

A few rules for this board:

- You must be registered to upload any pictures or to access the calendar. This is free and only takes a second, just click the link in the menu.- You must have climbed the mountains! But, if you tried but did not summit, that's ok, we are also interested in stories about it not succeeding, others can learn from that- Only post pictures/stories that are yours to post.- you can also write down your story if you climbed a month or 25 years ago!

Charlie

my wife and I: Kili 2003, Elbrus 2004, Aconcagua and Kosciuszko 2005many pictures and stories on our lonelyplanet website (it is currently the website of the month, but when it is not, just search for michelle and charlie)

I have a question, though- My body does not seem to like altitude. Even though we spent a lot of time up in the Andes before Aconcagua, I had this dry cough above say 5000 m, getting worse with the altitude. So much so that on summit day even little effort brought on a lot of coughing. Should I bag the hope of ever climbing over 7000 m?

Charlie - I was diagnosed with Laryngitis a few days before leaving for Acon-agony which was further aggravated by the dry, dusty conditions, so much so that I didn't summit . Several others in the same group had coughing "issues".